![Tunnel ticket](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tunnel-ticket-520x400.jpg)
Tag: selfbuild
![Tunnel ticket](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Tunnel-ticket-520x400.jpg)
![Canterbury park and ride](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Canterbury-park-and-ride-520x400.jpg)
Great overnight stop before the tunnel – fee for the park and ride is your overnight charge. It meant we got to spend the dayRead More
![Van at Tudor Arms campsite](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Van-at-Tudor-Arms-campsite-520x400.jpg)
Here are our first week of stops on the way to the tunnel…went to a variety of places, finding places via google searches, on theRead More
![Duck at Blenheim](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Duck-at-Blenheim-520x400.jpg)
Made a friend when we visited Blenheim Palace as we slowly made our way across the country – he wanted to nibble toes 🦆Blenheim isRead More
![Longleat visit](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Longleat-visit-520x400.jpg)
The van is packed, our final possessions that aren’t coming with us have gone, and we’ve said some tearful goodbyes. Our first tour begins!We didn’tRead More
![Van parked up in field](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Van-parked-up-in-field-520x400.jpg)
First test night out in our van 😁🚐 Staying closer to where we’re living and booking at campsite so that there were facilities if weRead More
![DVLA approval](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DVLA-approval-520x400.jpg)
Our application to the DVLA to update the van to a ‘motor caravan’ was approved 🚐The application involved writing a covering letter and sending receiptsRead More
![Truma control](https://gatehousegetaway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Truma-control-520x400.jpg)
For each of our van monitors/gauges we’ve made bespoke surrounds out of our left over 15mm ply.Each one has either 2 or 3 layers ofRead More